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2021 American Transplant Congress
Accounting for Survivor Bias in Transplant Benefit Models
E. M. Schnellinger¹, E. Cantu², M. O. Harhay¹, D. E. Schaubel¹, S. E. Kimmel¹, A. J. Stephens-Shields¹
¹Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: The lung allocation system in the U.S. prioritizes lung transplant candidates based on estimated pre- and post-transplant survival. However, these models do not account…
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Living Organ Donor Perspectives on Covid-19 Vaccines
M. N. Harhay¹, A. Klassen², H. Zaidi¹, M. Mittelman³, R. Bertha³, R. Mannon⁴, K. Lentine⁵
¹Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, ²Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, ³American Living Organ Donor Fund, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: Promoting widespread COVID-19 vaccinations is a crucial strategy to protect living organ donors and transplant recipients during the pandemic. We examined perspectives and sources…
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Covid-19 Infections Post-liver and Kidney Transplantation in a Southern Ca Program
M. E. de Vera¹, J. Woloszyn², S. Regmi², R. Rattanavich², M. Rakoski², M. Lin², P. Mehta², A. Kore², J. Weissman², C. Martens², T. Phan², B. Jerez-Aguilar², M. Robinson², E. Wells², R. Villicana², M. Nguyen²
¹Loma Linda University Health, San Bernardino, CA, ²Transplant Institute, Loma Linda University Health, San Bernardino, CA
*Purpose: Southern CA is at the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic. We reviewed outcomes of our center's liver, kidney, and pancreas transplant patients stricken with…
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Early Review of Liver Acuity Circles Allocation
S. Noreen¹, J. Heimbach², J. Pomposelli³, M. Cafarella¹, J. Trotter⁴
¹UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³UCHealth, Aurora, CO, ⁴BSWHealth, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Acuity circles (AC) allocation was implemented on February 4, 2020, followed shortly by the declaration of national emergency for COVID-19. The goal of this…
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Impact of Covid-19 Infection on Tacrolimus Levels in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
K. Heagler, K. Tejani, S. Sanchez
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
*Purpose: Immunocompromised patients are considered to be at high-risk for infection with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). There have been observations within the transplant community that patients infected…
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Body Mass Index >35 Does Not Impact Kidney Transplant Outcomes or Health Related Quality of Life Despite BMI Class or Recipient Race
D. A. Walczak¹, E. Collins², E. Benedetti¹
¹Organ Transplant, University of Il Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, IL, ²College of Nursing, Dept of Bio-behavioral Health Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Kidney transplant [KTx] in recipients with BMI > 35 remains controversial and has not often been studied in recipients with BMI >40. There is…
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Survey of Transplantation Providers to Assess for Implicit Bias at a Single Center
C. Ramirez-Sanchez¹, A. Cardenas², S. Aslam¹, F. Ferguson², M. Vazquez², T. Magee², K. Mekeel²
¹Infectious Diseases, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
*Purpose: At our institution’s Center for Transplantation, the Implicit Bias Working Group (IBWG), was formed with the aim to comprehend how implicit biases impact the…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Quantification of Multiple Isotypes of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Kidney Transplant Recipients
J. S. Maltzman¹, L. Wang¹, P. Ahearn¹, T. Yalamarti¹, M. Menon², Y. Azzi³, M. Melcher¹, M. Fernandez-Vina¹, R. Bray⁴, H. Gebel⁴, E. Woodle⁵, E. Akalin³, A. Girnita¹, P. Cravedi²
¹Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²Icahn School of Medicine, NYC, NY, ³Einstein School of Medicine, NYC, NY, ⁴Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁵University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Solid organ transplant recipients are at increased risk of severe outcomes with infection by SARS-CoV-2, the etiologic agent of COVID-19. Antibodies directed against the…
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SPK Transplantation in HIV-positive Recipients
H. Resweber, k. nguyen, H. Curtis, J. Panichella, A. DI Carlo, S. Karhadkar
Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: With the advent of anti-retroviral therapy in the treatment of HIV, mortality in HIV-infected individuals has become less due to complications from viral infection…
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Needs of People with Kidney Transplantation During the Covid 19 Pandemic and Its Confinement, and the Role of Communication Technologies Through the “Patient Experience”
I. Revuelta¹, E. Palou², R. Scandurra³, F. Oppenheimer¹, F. Diekmann¹, J. Escarrabill², B. Bayés¹
¹Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ²Chronic care program and patient experience, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ³Department of Statistics, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare services have focused on the care of acute processes and there is a risk of not meeting the needs…